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BOND op convict lessees. Know nil mrn by these presents jv,*he L’»cbe*i. oordon & Company, to be known as the Georgia Penitentiary Compa ny No. 3, as principal, end B. G’ Lockett, ofDougherty county, L. A. Inrilnn, ot Bibo county, VV. B. [ owe of Fulton county and John B. Gordon, of IJeKalb county, all of the >:ate of Georgia, ns sureties, are held and firmly bound unto James yi, Smith, Governor of said State, an d bis successors in office in the M ,,,i of thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars; for the payment of which we bind ourselves, our heirs, e\i cumi' and administrators,jointly and severally, firmly by these pre*- , vitined, *raledand delivered bv this 21st day of June, A. D, The considerations for the above bond ire as fo’lows: The said hones M. Smith,as Governor of said st.iie. under and by virtue of the au thority vested in hiin.andby an Act passed at the last session of the Gen eral Assembly of said State,entitled an Act to regulate the leasing out of Penitentiary convicts by the Gover nor, authorizing him to make con tracts in relation thereto and for other purposes,” having hired and farmed out a poition of said convicts to said principal, as by a contract of of lease hearing even date with these presents, will more fully appear for and during the tserm of twenty yeara trout and after the first day of April, i'79, subject to be ended by the par don or termination of th? sentence of said convicts, or either of them, or the cancellation of the contiacr by the Governor according to law. Now, il the said principal shall pay its pro rata proportion of theannual rcv.tal according to the tenor of said contracts and shall pay all expenses ol siid convicts, as leqnircd by law, and shall pay all expenses of trans porting convicis ir im the counties where convicted to the penitentiary, shall treat said convicts with the humanity required by law, shall keep them sicurely without expense to itie Slate and with such guards and safeguards a- ihc law requires am! manage >od keep them in uc- cmdance wit i tne Miles an ! regula tion- now ot lurce. or which may hereaftar lie legally adopted for the c I.drill o lien convicts, and not untk ihe n outside the limits of the Side, nor longer each day than ' e law .hows, nor on the Sabbath da\. ii r i ft.ci corporal punishment > '■! hem un'ess Hie same -oa .li olutely necessary to se- su 1 e ■ iscipline, and shall not sub-let in li i-r, or hire said convicts or any o the n to others, and shall report ii dn oaih ad esetipes and the cir- - uni anci - amending the same, as ieq nre 111 law. to the Frincipal Kei per, and shall pay the damage specified by law for each negligent escape, and shall discharge each cnnvict immediaielv upon the expi ration ol the term that he or she may have been sentenced, and shall work such convicts and keep them employ td as directed by law, and 'hall discharge all convicts and shall, when this letting is ended by time or cancellation of the Governor, re turn them to the State at such place is the Governor may direct, and shall in all respects discharge their duty under the law touching the management, control and keep- u o ot said convicts, then the above bund to he void, else to remain of lull lurce anti virtue. Ngned, sealed auJ delivered in the presence of witnesses. hholUilA PENITENTIARY CO. NO. 2. Principal. B. G. Lockett, [Seal] L. A. Jordan, [Seal] VV. B. Lowe, [Seal] J. B. Gordon, [Seal] Page 736 and 737. Sureties. DR. FELTON’S ATLANTA SPEECH DON’T BE BLUFFED. The Gordoniies are now engaged in playing one of the most brazen games of bluff we ever saw. With a view of creating a fictious boom lor their candidate, they have se lected hatches of their strongest counties, and when, as every one expected, they go against Major Bicori, that impartial] ?) newspa per, the Constitution, fairly ex plodes its sides with hurrahing. We never saw the outlook more hopeful that it is for Bacdn, and ihere is nothing to discourage his Iriends. In the counties that have acted thus far, lie has carried eight more votes than ever before, and ’he pitiful little majorities by which Gordon saved several of the coun ties that were stocked in his favor show-, that the people are aroused Hnd stand ready to repudiate the candidate who was imported fiom New York solely to defeat an hon orable and acceptable gentleman iust because he would not bow to the Atlanta ring. We are just as confident of Bacon’s nomination as «e were the day that we espdused fits cause, and we say to his friends, not let the Constitution’s little We consider Dr. Felton the veri est political demagogue in Georgia, and his thirst for office is insatiate; but this is all that can be said against him. He is domestically pure, scrupulously honest, and there is not enough money coined to in duce him to commit an act his con science disapproves. As is well known, we are no ardent admirer of Dr. Felton from a political stand point, but we do give him credit tor the high virtues which he does possess. Dr. Felton is a man of the most retentive memory and great research, and hence in a polit ical campaign he is a dangerous antagonist for a candidate with reputation the least tarnished—for he forgets nothing, is fearless in his utterances, and no one knows bet ter when and how to put in a telling lick. This Dr. Felton did to per fection in his arraignment of Gen. Gordon in that Atlanta speech. ’He deliberately and in chosen lan guage picked the Atlanta Ring candidate to pieces as a child would a doll, and scattered the re mains among the audience. We never read such a fearful, yet truth ful, arraignment of an office-seeker, and what is more, every word that Dr. Felton uttered is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, ami Gen. Gordon dares not ai.empta denial. Any man who is not hide-bound against reason, or so deeply dyed with prejudice that his mind is incapable of receiving truths, who will carefully read Dr. Felton’s speech, cannot vote for Gen. Gordon, un less he has wilfully and intention ally made up his mind to inflict upon the state an incapable and dangerous man for governor. The editor of this paper, so far as his ability lies, has done as much to put down independence as any individ ual in Georgia, and hence no one can truthfully accuse him of par tiality toward Dr. Felton simply be cause he approves the election of the same man that the Banner- Wa'chman does. But we hon estly and sincerely believe now that Georgia is in far more danger if the Atlanta Ring triumphs by the elec tion of Gen. Gordon, than in the darkest days of independence in the old 7th and 9th districts. Dr. Felton’s speech should be placed in the hands of every intelligent man in Georgia, who is capable of rea soning and receiving reason, and we believe that it will do much to ward saving our state. Gen. Gor don cannot and will not attempt an answer to a single one of the fearful charges made therein—as Dr. Fel ton dares him to do—for he stands ready to clinch them on him. Are the voteis of Georgia crazy, that they consent to support a man for governor so loaded down with charges, and who does not even at tempt an answer? WHITE PLAINS. THE BANNER-WATCHMAN EDITOR IN THE GARDEN OF GREENE. RECIPE FOR “SPONTANEITY.” The following letter was handed us by a prominent gentleman of Oglethorpe county, and it shows one of the numerous ways to man ufacture that spontaneity ot which Gen. Gordon so loudly boasted in his letter announcing his candidacy. It is a fair sample of the documents with which Atlanta is flooding this section. We have others behind of still mote insinuating tendencies The small capitals are our’s. The letter says: Headquarters Gordon Central Cam- eaion Committee, Atlanta, Ga., May 23,1881!. Confidential. Lexington, Ga.: My Dear Sir: I write you at General Gordon's request. He wants your earn est and active support in the fight at Oglethorpe. Ii is very important to him, and I hope that you can give it to him. He will appreciate it highly, and I certainly will. 1 know what your influ ence is, and I know that I can fis h a way to show my appreciation. 1 am very much interested in General Gor don’s success, and Oglethorpe is an im portant county, and you arc an important faction in Oglethorpe. If General Gor don could feel sure that you were earn estly for him, and at work for him, it would be a great help. Ifyouwilldo it I promise you that I will get even with you somehow or other. Yours truly, H. W. Grady. do game ol bluff dishearten you. It it nothing but sheer brag and bluster. As we said, the Gordonites are se lecting their strongest counties, and the friends of the people’s candi date have not spoken as yet. Why, we can pick out in thia immediate section fifteen or twenty counties that are sure to go for Bacon, but they have very foolishly delayed action. Gordon can never capture them, and when they do speak, you are going to see the spots knocked °ut of that Constitution-inflated boom. We have information from every section of the state, and there it not a shadow of doubt about Ma jor Bacon’s triumph. His fritnds, we think very unwisely, are hold ing back, instead of speaking out and showing their strength. The Constitution is taking advantage of ffiis fact to whoop up the Gordon followers. It is nothing but wind work. Bacon is all right, and his friends need not be the slightest uneasy. If the Atlanta ring triumphs through the election of Gordon, the people of Georgia will be but polit ical serls. Bacon will not lose one of his old counties, and he has already enough other votes to give him the major ity. Oglethorpe is as certain to go for Bacon as the election comes off. Put this in your pipe and smoke it. Will the voters ol Georgia be led by men whose influence are bought through appeals to their cupidity? Gordon demanded of other coun ties what he would not permit in his own. Stick a pin here. WHY CLEVELAND MARRIES. The Gordon leaden rely on sp- P®«ls to ignorance, prejudice and *«l<-intere»t Msjor Bacon's friends address words of reaion to the in- state* 116 * patriotism of the Bis Sister Alleged to Be the Cause—Her Temperance Notions Emharassins. Washington, May z8.— The New York Sun to-day contains a 3 column article on the causes that lead to Cleveland’s determination to marry. He was nerved to this step by his sister’s literary venture, and by her cranky views on tem perance and kindred subjects. Her book was a bombshell in the Preti ■dent’s campaign and annoyed him a great deal. Her tem perance theo ries, though not pushed ou the pres ident, were an unpleasant conjunc tion socially. I am inclined to think, though the Sun does aay so, that her interfer ence with political * her well known Republican procliv-- ities and the Fred Douglass and die white wife episode, had much to do with their estrangement. At any rate, his Mater’s career at the White House disposed the president' to marriage. The Fairest Spot In Middle Georgia—Old- Time Southern Hospitality—’The Union Point and White Plains Railroad—What It Will Do for Athens and the Counties That It Penetrates—Polities In Greene and the Congressional Race In Particu lar—Capt. Carlton's Speech, etc. Our distinguished fellow-citizen, Hon. H. H. Carlton had an engagement to speak at White Plains, Saturday, and he kindly invited us to accompany him. We complied with double pleasure— first, to get a glimpse of the congression al race; and second, to see the people'and section that promises soon to be linked to our city by a railroad. At Crawford we captured Dr. Mark Willingham on the fly and carried him with us to the Point The Doctor feels no doubt about Bacon carrying Oglethorpe, although the Gor don men are thoroughly organized and working like heavers. The county is being flood with papers and letters, in which promises of ayl and assistance are hinted at We saw one of these docu ments, that by mistake had been directed to the wrong men, and it will prove rich reading when published. But of this more anon. We remained at Union Point about an hour, shaking hands with the boys and exchanging campaign news. About sun down Mr. L. D. Carlton, a kinsman to Capt C., and one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens in Greene county, call ed for us in his rockaway, with an in vitation to spend the night at his house, about two miles from Union Point Mr. Carlton has one of the prettiest co\intry homes in Middle Georgia, where, sur rounded by broad acres of fertile and well-tilled land, and the respect and loTe of all his neighbors, he lives in as near perfect happiness as can he enjoyed on this earth. We were never more hospi- tally entertained than by this kind fami ly, and certainly spent a most delightful night. We also met here Mr. John Hen ry Carlton, a young bachelor of rare ge niality and most pleasing address, and like all of the name, we found him as true as steel to his friends and convictions. The next morning Hon. John Hart and Capt. J. E. Cox, of the Point—a pair of Capt. Carlton's most devoted and valua ble friends—came by with the intent of accompanying ourparty to White Plains. It is twelve miles from Union Point to this village, and we do not suppose there is a prettier section of road in Georgia. With the exception of the little streams at the Point and near White Plains, the highway traverses a high, hard white ridge, with rarely a break in its smooth surface. We noticed at several places the grading stakes of the railroad, that was surveyed last summer by Mr. Hutch ens, of Athens. This road will be about 14 miles in length, and evades the streams and hills at the Point by running up the Georgia railroad track for a mile and a half and then turning off. There will he but little dirt to move, as the line of sur vey follows the brow of the ridge, and therefore the cost of grading will be but nominal. The country around White Plains is certainly the garden spot of Middle Georgia. We were surprised to see such level and fertile lands, reminding one forcibly of the low country. There were none of the hillsides and washes charac teristic of our section; but the soil is rich and mellow, snsceptible to the highest state of improvement and in cultivating which any kind of agricultural imple ment could be used. We do not know any section in the South with a brighter promise than the country around White Plains, and the people fully realize the advantages they possess. You cannot buy any farming lands here for less than $8 to $10 per acre, while that immedi ately around the village, say in the ra dius of a mile, sells at from $23 to $50; and it is certainly cheap at that, for while the land is most fertile and yields a rich return for every ounce of fertilizer placed thereon, the soil is so free and light that an unusual amount can be cultivated by a hand. Mr. Alex. Tappan has one of the finest farms in this sec tion, and we learn that it cost him $50 per acre, and could not to-day be bought for twice that sum. White Plains is most appropriately named, as it stands in the midst of broad plats of level land, the character of the soil giving the country a whitish cast. It is a lovely little inland village, with the cozy white cottages embowered in a grove of stately oaks. All along the road, and even in the general appearance of the town and people, you sec evi dences of industry, thrift and enterprise. The fields are well tilled, the farm stock arc fat, and the farm houses denote com fort and prosperity. Hence we were prepared for a thriving village at White Plains, and were not disappointed. Our party met a cordial welcome and were madeto feel os in the midst of friends. The open-handed hospitality of White Plains is proverbial, and richly deserved, too, for we never met a kinder reception than these generous people accorded us. In vitations were showered upon us on all hands to dine, and on departing were begged to spend at least a week among them. There are four stores in White Plains, and they all do a splendid busi ness, too. We were surprised to see such large stosks at this season, and such a fine assortment of merchandise. The stores are all large buildings, some two stories high, and every shelf is fill ed. This is asplendid trading point, and on the west its nearest rival is 25 miles distant The projected road from Union Point will consolidate all of this business here, and largely swell its trade and other receipts. The present business of White Plains aggre gates about $150,000 a year: Its cotton receipts are between 3,000 and 4,000 bales and guano sales 3,000 tons. Whek we consider that every pound of freight must he wagoned twelve miles through ceipts. Let our people seriously con sider this matter, and when called upon, give what they can spare. They do not ask much, and we don’t know any en terprise in which Athens can secure such a rich return for so small an outlay. We dined with that hospitable and en terprising gentleman, Mr. Alex. Tappan, and were royally entertained. Mr. Tap- pan lives in a lovely home, surrounded by every comfort His orchard is now loaded with ripe peaches, on which 1ns- cious fruit our party reveled, besides partaking of one of those fine dinners that Mrs. Tappan knows so well how to prepare. The people in the White Plains dis trict are nnnsually intelligent, and hence Gen. Gordon’s war whoop made no im pression on t^em. This is one of Bacon’s strongholds in Greene, and will give him s good majority. We met a few Gordon men, but they arc very scattering, 1:30 o’clock was the time selected for Capt. Carlton to deliver his address, and that hour found the Academy, which is a neat, well-furnished building, well filled with an eager audiened. Through cour tesy to the distinguished visitor, although it was Saturday afternoon and an unusu ally busy time with the merchants, every store was closed to enable the proprie tors and clerks to hear the address. Capt. Carlton was introduced to the audi ence by Hon. John Hart, in one of those neat and finished little speeches that this brilliant young gentleman knows so well how to “get otf.” Our next congressman arose, and for two hours kept his audi ence spell-bound by one of the most chaste, eloquent and satisfactory ad dresses we have ever listened to. He answered with candor every question propounded by the editor of the Madi sonian, in regard to his (Carlton’s) posi tion in the last race between Speer and Bell, and the hearty applause that fol lowed his explanation showed that the people were fully satisfied. The kind and courteous manner in which Capt. Carlton spoke of his opponent, Mr. Reese, and the tribute that he paid to his democracy, won the hearts of all present, as it showed the nobility of the speaker. He said that there was only one point on which himself and Mr. Reese differed! in a speech delivered by our distinguish ed representative in congress, he advo cated the removal of the tax on whisky and tobacco. He (Carlton) was opposed to this. He wanted to see the burthen lifted from the necessaries of life, and let the luxuries be taxed. He did not see the wisdom in having free liquor and free tobacco, while every article neces sary to sustain life, or for the comfort of the people, had to bear a most burthen- some tax. The speaker proceeded to de fine his position on every important po litical question likely to engage the atten tion of-congress. He spoke of his love of this section and its people, and pledged them that his only ambition would be to advance their interest and faithfully represent their wishes; that their voice should never be throttled, and the right of the people to be heard carefully guarded. The speaker was at times! very eloquent, 1 and referred to and answered every charge made by his enemies, even down to the report that he parts his hair in the middle. This brought down the house. In conclusion, Capt. Carlton pud a fine tribute to the people of White Elkins, and concluded with a rousing railroad talk. We never saw a speech better received, and we feel no fear in predicting that this precinct, on Saturday next, will go almost to a vote for Carlton. There is no doubt about his carrying Greene county, for we never saw such a popular uprising in fa vor of a candidate. To-morrow we will give another arti cle about our trip to Greene, and tell what we saw in and around Union Point. MINOR NOTES. The hail of about a month ago beat the bark from bushes and cut away limbs as large as a man’s finger. We were shown signs of it. Wheat, like elsewhere, is a total fail ure. Spring oats are as fine as the land can grow. We saw several very fine fields of corn, waist high. Our young friend, John Tappan, the masher of White Plains, was indefatiga ble in his efforts to entertain our party. Messrs. John Hart and J. H. Carlton are two of the best workers in Greene. They are divided as to the Governor, but are a unit on Carlton for congress. Bud Cox says they raise pine apples and cocoanuts around White Plains. The only tropical fruit that Capt. Cox is intimately acquainted with is the black berry. What he don’t know libout the blackberry is not worth learning. We passed through Siloam, one of the thriving little trade centres of Greene. The Reese men had a mass-meeting in Greenesboro, Saturday. It is reported that only a baker’s dozen were present, and in appointing the working commit- mittees at the various precincts, they selected as many Carlton as Reese men. Wilkes is said to be ripe forCariton, and needs no longer be kept in the Reese column. In fact, itis exceedingly doubt ful if the county meetings are mdchloh- ger postponed, of our present congress- man carrying any county in the district save Hancock. Capt.Carlton made a splendid impres sion in Greene, and he is just as certain te carry that county as next Saturday comes. The White Plains merchants zay they expect to do all their trading] in'Athens when they get their new railroad. The peach trees in Greene are turning yellow and dying with the same disease that attacks the orchards in this section. Pears are blighting badly, too. Mr. Oscar Fluker, at Union Pointy, days if you plant a peach or apple seed that you will get a tree, but it will not be the fcame kindof fruit as the original. Be has planted clingstone and raised dearstone UNION POINT. A NIGHT IN THIS THRIVING YIL LAGE. A Delightful Bummer Rosort-Magnllleent Groves—A Hospitable, Butarpraing OCOSEE COUNTY. Die, etc: On our return from White Plains noth ing would do our clever friend Mr. J. E. Cox but that we should spend the night with him at Union Point. - This is one of the several thriving towns in Greene- county, is situated where the Athens branch joins the main, line of the Geor gia road, and the headwaters of the Ogee- chee river rise in its limits. The Ogee- chee is one of the few streams that holds its name from its source to its mouth. The tittle branch formed from the cool spring at the railroad here, to the broad river that flows into the Atlantic, is kndtvn as the Ogeechee. We have passed through Union Point hundreds of times; have chatted with its people npon the depot platform; have eaten many meal^ at the well-kept hotel, er lounged around the stores while await ing the arrival of the train, but have never “taken in the town.” There is a deep cut in the railroad at the depot, that hides the resident part of the town from the eye of the traveller, and he is often heard to wonder where the people reside who keep these well-filled stores and transact the business of this thriv ing place. But a short but steep climb up the terraces, and a glance ahead and the whole secret is revealed. Before us, and in the rear of the hotel, reposes one of the loveliest and most delightful little villages imaginable. On each side of broad, well-kept streets are pretty houses, surrounded by flowers and fac ing on one of the most magnificent groves of forest trees we ever saw. The chestnuts and oaks have attained im mense size, and this park affords not on ly a pleasant retreat from the noonday sun, hut is a romantic and attractive re sort There is not such another grove in Georgia as the one at Union Point, and the gigantic trees are a sight to look upon. We have often wohdered what attraction the tourist could find here, to spend the summer at such an ordinary and staid place, except it be the fine fare at the hotel and the company of the intelligent and hos pitable people; but a stroll over the place settles this matter, for we know not a more delightful or attractive resort. On tho main line of railroad, and only a short ride from Augusta, Atlanta, Athens or Macon, one can either see and mingle with the busy world, or by strolling off a few hundred yards, have the same quiet retirement as if in the heart of the mountains. The air and water are pure, the society of the place cultured and se lect, with good churches, schools, etc. Mr. Cox, while young in years, is the oldest citizen at the Point, and refers to the time when only two or three houses formed the town with that knowing wis dom characteristic of a village veteran. There is a pretty and well kept cemetery at the rear of the churchy pnd Mr. Cox tells us that he was one of the pall-bear- ers of the first body interred therein— that of a young lady, one of his school mates. This gentleman hoards with Mr. Oscar Fluker, one of the proprietors of the fine set of new mills recently erected here, and as genial, whole-souled a gen tleman as we ever met. We were most kindly treated, and made to feel at home by this delightful family. We were not surprised at our friend spending so much of his spare time at Union Point, after seeing how pleasantly he was domiciled. Our stay at the Point was a most delight ful one, and we shall not be long in ac cepting the kind invitations showered upon us to repeat the same. Complaints Against tho Ordinary—Tha Po litical Horoscope—Bacon Loads. Editor Banner-Watchman: Our peo ple’s rejoicing over prohibition is fast turning into anger on account of the Or- j dinary not declaring the result of the election. Why is this—that an officer will take advantage of his office to worry the people over an election in which they feel such an interest? It is a great impo sition on the good people of Oconee to be so treated. Bacon continues on a boom in Oconee, and if nothing’happens we will send a solid Bacon delegation to the conven tion. Carlton will have Rome little opposi tion, but not enough to amount to any thing. His opponents say that he has been against Oconee’s railroad interests, but we are satisfied that they are mis taken. Let us hear from you, Doc. There begins to be some little excite ment over the race for the legislature. Several names have been mentioned, but none certain as yet. We hope, however, that he who makes thence will endeavor to elevate the political standing of our county, and not consult a few drunken negro leaders as to who shall go, as they always allign themselves against the best interest of the country, simply to oppose the majority of the white people. While we are in favor of protecting every inter- ■ est of the colored people, we are not in favor of their controlling the politics of our county any longer, by exciting the race prejudice. We are glad to say we have some colored voters who are sensi ble enough not to be led by their false friends, who are paid every year to lead the most ignorant part of their people for some particular candidate. Will write you again soon. Oconee. A CAMPAIGN SLANDER. the business of the place. The White Plains merchants buy the hulk of their groceries from Athens, and if they had a railroad to Union Point would do all their trading with us and also ship their cotton here. They hate new over $8,000 raised, and a guarantee that $10,000 will insure the building of the road. It will take probably $2,000 more to buy a right of way. Athena must now come to the rescue of her White- Plains friends, and help them to build the road. A lit tle help will go a long ways, and retain abig dividend in the w*y of trade. In less than five years this road will add No Tne however, is so short-lived and uncertain, that the people in Greene are returning to the old-fashioned plan of growing their own trees from the seed. the country, it is impossible to estimate what increase a railroad would make in '"union Point nTaboutT equallydWided «•* « W»°M. ^^Ot-mnrOW. (voon T?n r*nra atwl n^_L ....... t *. between Bacon and Gordon. The Fdrk Whte Plains and Veazey’s at* solid Ba? con districts. Thehandsome Baptist church at White Plains will be rebuilt. Thefe was hot a' dollar of insurimceowit. Mr. Quillain, a: genial gentleman, has eha^eoT the M. E. church at Whi Plains. He is greatly beiovedhy people. toot#* CAMPAIGN NOTES. Mr. Hawes, of the Clarksville Adver tiser, passed through the city yesterday on his return from a visit to McDuffie county. • He says the Gordon men down there have given up the fight in the state. The Constitution yesterday had very little to say about the Fulton county election. It was a Bacon victory. Dave Meadow, ol the Free State, was in to see us yesterday, and says you can’t find a Gordon man in Madison with a spy glass. Madison connty votes July 1st, and is dead sure for Bacon. Governor of Atlanta—Gen. John B. Gordon. For Georgia—Major A. O. Bi con.-How does that sound in your ears? asks the Hartwell Sun. Gwinnett county will act on the gu bernatorial question July 6th. The Constitution alludes to the fact that Dr: Felton, who supports Major Ba con, is aii independent How about Cols. Reuben Arnold, Albert Cox and other Gordon workers in Atlanta. Gordon’s speeches may be boiled down to three words. “Big Injun, Me.” OCONEECOUNTY, Mm tine of the Party called for laturday, June 17th: As there seems to be no on* authoriz ed to call the democratic party together in Oconee county, it has been deemed advisable to invite the people to meet in the court-house at Watkinsvile, on Sat urday, June l?th, at 12 o’clock, to select delegates to the state and congressional conventions, or appoint such a day the meeting may see proper. Democrats of Oconee. Major Bacon Has Promised Offices to No One. A friend from Oglethorpe tells us that a report is circulating in that county to the effect that Major Bacon has promised Dr. W. M. Willingham the office of Phy sician to the Penitentiary if elected Gov ernor. There is not one word of truth in the report, as we can satisfactorily show Hamilton McWhorter, Esq., who was an earnest advocate of Major Ba con's at one time, but is now for Gen. Gordon, suggested to the editor of this paper that if Bacon was successful to try and secure that appointment for our mu tual friend, Dr. Willingham. We con sented, and at our request Major Lamar Cobb wrote to Major Bacon in regard to the matter, and asked that he not commit himself. That gentleman replied that he had promised neither this or any other state office away, and would not do so under any circumstances. If elected Governor, he would certainly give Dr. Willingham’s application due considera tion if presented. Dr. Willingham had nothing to do with the application, but it originated with a party who is now an earnest supporter of Gen. Gordon. This is all that there is in the matter, and the Gordonites are welcome to all the capital they can make out of it CRAWFORD DOTS. Mr. Jno. T. M. Haire, of Lexington, left Monday morning for Nashville, Tenn., where it is thought he will be married to one of Tennessee’s fair daugh ters. Col. R. S. Taylor and Mr. Wm. Butler had a little “set-to” under the lazy club’s big oak, in front of Hall’s store, Saturday. Mr. Butler was floored, while Col. Tay lor lost a batch of whiskers and was re lieved by the council of $3.75. Mr. A. Haire leaves to-morrew to visit his son John, in Aberdeen, Miss. X. Y. MOMTICBLLO AND EATONTON. $17,000 hare been subscribed and promised so far to the Monticello and Ea- tonton railroad. There is now a strong probability that arrangments will be made by Atlanta to build a road from that city to intersect the Macon and Covington. If this is done we sjill then have a through connection from Eatonton to Atlanta, what our people greatly desire. Our ii formation is that Col. Livingston is in earnest as to all his promises made when in Eatonton,and expects in a very short time to have the route surveyed. Those having lands can subscribe them as stock, and can have their present value assess ed by our own people. All of Col. Liv ingston’s propositions are reasonable, and exhibit an inclination to favor the people of the county.—Eatonton Messenger. A Wilkes County Man’s Desperate Struggle to Save His Family. Washington Chronicle: ' Mr. J. R. Huff, who lives iff the western part of this county, had a dangerous experience with a mad dog on last Friday.' He was Sitting out in the yard peeling potatoes for his wife, when ne saw a dog enter the yard that looked as if something ^ , was wrong with ■ hint. Mr. Hurt ran in the house, got< his gun and; DEATH OF MB. JACK O'FAK&ELL. Our community was pained to learn of the death of the estimable gentleman whose name heads this article, which sad event occurred at his residence in this city on yesterday afternoon, after a short illness. Uncle Jack O’Farrell, as he was familiarly known, was one of those genial souls who lived in an atmos phere of good humor, and who surround ed himself by a large circle of constant and valuable friends. He was' a mem ber of the Troupe Artillery during the war, and will be donbly remembered by the surviving members of this command. THOMSON’S TURN OUT. DEATH OF A Di.,1 ..IQUISHED GEORGIAN. A telegram was received yesterday by Major Lamar Cobb, announcing the death of Col. Luther J. Glenn, of Atlanta. He died yesterday morning, and his remains will reach Athens at 1 o’clock on the North-Eastern and deposited in the fam ily burying ground. Col. Glenn is the father of Messrs. Tom and Howell Glenn, of Atlanta, and brother-in-law of Gen. Howell Cobb. He was colonel of Cobb’s Legion during the war and held many high and responsible positions. STEALING MEAT. Bob Moon, of Oconee, has been suf fering from incendiaries and thieves. Not long since his barn was burned, and now comes a thief and breaks into his smoke-house and steals all of his sum mer hams. Mr. Moon is on track of the thief and will probably get evidence to convict. A NEGRO DROWNED. A little negro boy was drowned at Mr. Lucius Pitman’s mill-pond, in Madison county, Monday. The boy was in a boat and rowed it up to the hank, and as he went to step out the boat pushed back and threw him in the pond. He drowned before any assistance could be given him. MORE BRICK LOST. Our enterprising fellow-citizen, Mr. M. B. McGinty, has been very unfortu nate with his brick-yard up Sandy creek, this week having lost his third lot, ag gregating several hundred thousand. He will move his yard back on the N. E. road, as it was there above high water. CHEAP INSURANCE. An Athenian yesterday paid for $1,500 insurance on his house in the Southern Mutual, and after deducting his premium, it only cost him about $1.50. This speaks volumes for this splendidly man aged company. Details of Meeting and Vote—Two Twenty- Nine to One Twenty-Two—Everybody Satisfied With the Proceedings. Thomson, Ga., June S.—The town of Thomson has not borne as lively an aspect in a long time as it presented to-day. Early this morn ing people gathered about town an ticipating a speech from Gen. Gor don and a reply from Hon. Thos. E. Watson. Gordon failed to get an audience last night, the triends of Major Bacon remaining away from the meeting on account of the re fusal of Gen. Gordon to allow Hon. Thomas E. Watson to reply to him. Skirmishers were sent all over the county in vain endeavor ing to get up a crowd to hear the General. The triends of Major Bacon and Gen. Gordon asked last night that the speaking should take place this morning, but Gen. Gordon positively re used to speak. He drove around yesterday and saw all of his supporters that could he found. The people of Mc Duffie were very anxious to have the General speak, and more anxious to hear their brilliant yodng townsman’s reply. Fully five hun dred people, three hundred of whom wore the Bacon badge, gathered at the depot, and as the General board ed the fast train all joined in giving him a good send off to cheer his dampened spirits. It was so easy a walk over in McDuffie that quite a large number failed to go the polls to vote. The court house was well filled when the meeting was called to or der, B. M. Goss in the chair, and H. Johnson acting as secretary. It was agreed that two tellers be appointed from each side to keep an account of the vote, which was accordingly done. The vote was taken, commencing at 12:30. Mr. John Neal, a supporter of Gen. Gor don’s, seeing they were so far be hind, moved that the polls close, admitting their defeat. The motion was seconded by Quiilian, another Gordonite, and adopted. The vote was then announced: Bacon, 229; Gorkon, 122. COTTON DYING. The excessive rains are killing thous ands of acres of cotton in this section, and grass is taking the rest. Farmers are despondent over the outlook. It is said that cotton will mature up to the 9th of June. Many are replanting their crops. IN THE RACE. Judge James R. Lyle, of Oconee, was in the city yesterday, and says he will he in the race for the legislature. The Judge sayB his county is almost a unit for Carl ton* and is also safe far Bacon, OUT OF JAIL. Tom Grier has served out his six months’ sentence and is out, looking like his confinement has not hurt him much. Grier was sent up for opening a letter belonging to a young lady while route agent on the G., J. & S. R. R. GARNETS IN OCONEE. Collins, the jeweler, tells us that there are plenty of garnets found in Oconee, bnt the stone is too soft and does not work well, owing to the fact of contain ing too much iron. HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST. HUNTING A GHOST. A few days ago two young men from Crawford made a visit to Center, in Jack- son county, for the purpose, with anoth er friend, formerly of Oglethorpe county, of seeing a noted ghost, that makes its periodic nightly visits to Center. Our young friends were disappointed, not be ing well posted as to the time of night the thing makes its visits. They were too late and missed the sight. They will make another visit—one better posted and will likely succeed. STILL THEY COME. IM Bannsr-Watchman's Subscription List Continual ta swell. ’t Yesterday , we received 75 more week- ly subscribers from Hart county and over 1(Y) new dailies scattered through North- We-are now publishing thi — of papers ever sent printing ' office in Athens, iwlMn . . _ Titifiljpg every prominent man in 30-odd peaches^ad vice vena. The nursery fruit,-, ^estinties, and our merchants should take pli public: Of -this rare’.opportunity to ■ announcements before the 1st ’ honor—Lixxie Robertson, High Shdds.'&a.; SaUie ltay Hill, Washing. Vonor—Hallie Wimberly, Twiggs MUSIC—-MISS HACHSLTOH’S CLASS. MHMVribt honor—BoHellill, >T« Goodwin, Lillie Barnett; El- We learn that*party Tn.Atinens stated Art he Lad been "“"S* *SAA3 A VMM II lit *UU JJa ajs* MtKMnA||w!$w A-. a a ipt, b, 10,000 balea annually to our cotton re- Major Bee**. T *£ gjjtainOrije ,’S CLASS. “r'Miss Mattie ve made great z TALLULAH FALLS. Mr. T. A. Robinson has now his new hotel at the falls open for the season, and it will the best in the South. He has about 20 elegantly furnished rooms, and the table will he supplied with the best the markets of the country afford. Give him a trial. Dr. Charlie Long can he found at this house. Mr. Young is now getting out lumber to build a fine 250-room hotel on the site of the one burned last fall. He is backed by a company with abund ant capital. FLOATING DOWM THE OOOHXE. A party of young men are nixing ar rangements to bnild a boat and put it on the Oconee river below Barnett’s shoals and go down the river to the Atlantic Ocean. They will carry a tent; guns and fishing tackle and hunt and fish at their leisure: There is only one place after leaving Barnett’s shoals that they will have to get their boat hanled around. It will be a most delightful trip and the duck shooting will be good. A00RD0* DEFEAT. The Gordon men met a defeat in Lex ington, we learn. They got all the prox ies they could from the Bacon support ers, and then tried to- elect Mr. Joe Smith as chairman of the county com mittee in place of J.T. Olive, Esq., re signed. The Baconites nominated Mr. J. S. Baughn and elected him. THE BRIDGE. The rock for the pillars at Simonton’s bridge is pbout .out and workmen will commence putting np the pillars next Monday. The Oconee people are very anxious to Lave the bridge [finished as Boon as Two Families Burned to Death-Brave Bat tle With Flames for Wife and ChUdren- Chlcago the Scene of a Fearful Confla gration. Chicago, Tune 7.—Eight persons were smothered and burned to death in frame houses 731 733 South Canal street, at four o’clock this morning. The fire broke out in the cellar of 733 Canal street. The flames shot upward and quickly burned through the first floor, which is on a level with the ground. Shooting upward, the next floor was soon consumed. The fire spread .through the wooden walls of the basement, and No. 733 was soon wrapped in flames which enveloped the adjoining number. Both houses were filled with smoke before any of the occupants were aroused. Many, of tne sleepers were doubtlessly smothered in their beds. It will probably never be known who awoke and tried in vain to escape from the stifling smoke and scorching flames. Flames fol lowing rapidly after the smoke, burned the bodies until they were unrecognizable masses of black and charred bones and flesh. BATTLING FOR HIS WIFE AND BA BIES. The lower floor of 733 was occu pied by John Raleigh, Jr. His wife was awakened by a sense of suffo cation. She aroused her husband, who hastily donned a few articles of clothing. He threw up a win dow as the raging flames scorched his face, singing his hair and mus tache. He caught his wife in his arms, and with a terrible effort threw her bodily through the flames out of the window. Her night dress caught fire. With great pres ence of mind she extinguished the flames with her hands, and lent as sistance to her husband in saving the lives of their two small chil dren. The fire had gained addi tional headway. He was unable to E ut the children out of the window. fe then knocked on the wall to arouse the people on the second floor. Catching the babies in his arms, he ran up stairs and jumped with them from the second story window. TWO FAMILIES BURNED TO DEATH. The second floor of No. 733 was occupied by the Durkin and Mur phy families. No member of either of these families escaped. Firemen in searching the rains came upon the most harrowing scenes. Some were lying in a half burned bed. others who were awakened before death came upon them were clutching each other in groups upon the floor. All the victims had evi dently been overcome by smoke before any effort could be made to escape. Reporta from Shelbina, Mo., aay Judge Joseph Hunolt, the wealthiest fanner and stock raiser in Shelby county, Mo., was murdered on the highway near his home at Hoger’s grove, late Friday night last. His body was found in the brush near the road, with two great gashes in his throat and three pistol shot wounds in his shoulder and side. BACON WINS THE VOTES OF Me- DUFFIE. ThE VOTE IN FULTON- SIX HUNDRED BACON MEN AT THE POLLS. came to the door just as tne dog came around the corner of the house. He raised his gun to fire, . but when he pulled the trigger the mainspring flew out of place. He then had to fix it back in, and all this time he was looking for his wife and children to come back from the spring. He had barred up the door after failing to kill the dog. He called to his wife to re main at the spring, and then fixed the mainspring back in the gun and after fixing it ran out just as the dog was going out of the front gate. He ran up to that and fired at the dog, but with no effect, as it did not lessen his speed at all. Mr. Hufl saw then that the dog w_s making directly to where his children were at work in the field. He ye’led to them to climb a tree,which the.' did immediately. The dog then had a hundred yards start of his pursuer, but Mr. Huff ran down the road be hind him with nothing but an emp- ty gun in his hand and picled up a rock as he ran. The dog was then out of sight around a bend in the road, and Mr. Huff, redoubling his exertions, ran w'thin ten feet of him on the edge of the oad. The dog made a spring at him, but just as he would have bitten him, Mr. Huff laid him o it by a blow from the stock of his gun. The dogjgot up and started at him again,but was knocked down again and was killed with a few more blows. The gun was broken all to pieces. Mr. Huff ‘ burnt the remains of the gun and dog. It was a narrow escape and . he is to be congratulated on coming out unscratched. ANOTHER SPECIMEN. Response to Gen. Gordon's Boast Tnat Ten Men Would not Vote Against Him Is His Home—Nineteen Hundred For General Gordon. Atlanta, Ga., June S.—Though it is raining again to-night the day was fair and offorded opportunity for a heavy vote. The Gordon men began work early and kept it up until the polls closed. They left nothing undone that would roll up the Gordon majority, and there is an evident desire to make Fulton a set-off tor Richmond’s overwhelm ing Bacon vote. They did not suc ceed in this. Despite the many out; side arguments to keep Bacon men from voting, the Gordon vote is not as large as was exgected by the Gor don managers. The Bacon vote is 51 notwithstanding Gen. Gordon’s ioast during the early stages of the campaign, that there was not ten votes against him in the county,and the Gordor vote is 1,950 notwith standing the H urculean efforts ot the boomers of General Gordon and the fact that the vote of the county is 6,000. The vote as given above leaves several precincts in the distant part of the county un heard from, but I am told the vote in these will not aggregate 100. The Gordon men will make a big hurrah, but is a surprise to no one but them selves, and they are amazed by the strength developed by Maj. Bacon here in the home of Gen. Gordon and among the enemies of Macon. Another specimen of the tactics resorted to by the now desperate Gordon faction is to be found in the proceedings in Douglas county last week. Previous to this campaign there has been nothing in Georgia to compare with it to open-faced trickery and, impudent disregard of the people’s right. Sometime in May the executive committee of Douglas county met in regular order, and ordered a mass meeting to select delegates to the gubernatorial convention for the 22d of July. The date selected was an nounced, and people went about their business. On the second of the month, just after Gordon’s pass ing, the committee, or a part of it, met and called a meeting to select delegates for the fifth, only two days distant. A copy of this call is before us as we write. It was utterly impossible for the voters of Douglas county to have re ceived notice of this change. The people are scattered about and dif ficult of access. The result was that about eighty Gordon men met and cast the vote for a voting population of ten or eleven hundred. So states a reliable correspondent. In this meeting, two resolutions looking to the observance of the original ’programme were voted down. The Gordon men did not want primaries, and the tools of the Atlanta ring did their work as di rected: ■ •* "* ' And yet the Gordon men still in solently cries out for primary elec tions and the “voice of the people.” Gordon has carried eleven counties and nine of them by mass meeting. The record of hypocrisy and trick ery is getting extensive.—Macon Telegraph. WHAT DOES IT MEAN? Where Doe* the Money Come From? CmrnesTille Register. The ring in Atlanta that brought out Gen. Gordon must mean a great deal more than the mere election of their candidate. Methods are being resorted to now never before known in Georgia politics. We have never known such persistent misrepresen tation and hollow-hearted hypocrisy practiced before. We never before heard of emissaries being sent out from the capital to assist in fixing up counties for the election of dele gates. We never before knew such suppression of truth and distortion of facts as is practiced by the ring, by their organ, and by their county bosses. Gen. Gordon is resorting to practices that no other candidate for high office in Georgia ever re sorted to. On the very day se lected for electing delegates in Har alson county, he swept into the county town with his brass band and banners, made a speech to the people who had assembled to elect delegates and by his presence tried to influence the action ot the peo ple. Great and grave charges have been made against him, well backed up by facts and circumstances, but he makes no effort to answer them. The war, the war, the war, is his constant and almost his only cry. Hundreds of newspapers devoted to his interest are sent to this county for distribution weekly. Such ef forts were never made' in this state before to elect a candidate even when there were two parties. Why should such frantic efforts be made now, when the opposing candidate belongs to the same party, and is admitted by friend and toe to be a good and pure man. It means a great deal more than the election of Gen. Gordon to the office of gover nor. It costs a great deal of money to send twenty-five or thirty thous and newspapers over the state each week, and to send out men to fix up counties, Where does the money come Irani—who furnishes it? Does any reader suppose it is furnished by the*farmers, the mechanics or the masses? It is reasonable to pre sume that ti’is furnished by men of wealth and position who expect to profit by the ele etion of their man. The Cheyennes have all gone to Tongue river, where at the mouth ot Cook creek, they are engaged in the barbarous and bloody orgies ot the sun dance, in which the noviates become warriors and braves by the ordeal of torture. The west bound passenger frain on the Air-Line was derailed near Gaffney’s Sunday, throwing all the coaches off the track and slightly injuring two passengers. Rhode Island has re-elected N. W. Aldrich as U: S. senator , from that state. REESE DON'T AMOUNT TO MUCH Two or three weeks ago, as the editor of this paper sat down to din ner at one of the tables of the spa cious dining room of the Kimball House, two unknown gentlemen came in and took seats at the same table. The talk fell upon Seab Reese. They said they were going to vote for him; but not knowing that there was one among them taking notes, they proceeded farther in the dis cussion, and frankly admitted: 1st, that Seaborn has strong op position in this district. 2nd,that Seaborn doesn’t amount to much anyway, still they were pledged to him. Fellow-citizens, be not deceiv ed—Seaborn Reese does not,in fact, amount to much. He is not the kind of man for any district to send to Congress, and when Reese men get off to themselves they will ad mit it, just as those two men did, because they know it to be a fact. Don’t be over persuaded into doing a thing that you will be sorry ot afterwards. Reese is not the man for the place.—Eator.ton Messen ger. PROHIBITION IN NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh and a Number of other Towns to Go Dry. Raleigh, N. C., June 7.—Local option elections were held to-day at many points in this state. There was much execitment, but the elec tion passed off quietly. The prohi bitionists carried the day at Raleigh umuuiaia carrieu me aay at ivaieign by sixty majority, and also at the following places: Oxford, Kingston, Henderson, Warrenton, Louisburg, Winston, Salem, Apex, Beauford township and Seaboard. The anti prohibitionists carried the elections at Durham, Franklinton, Reidsville, Holly Springs, Morehead City, Asheville, Goldsboro and Littleton. The election was upon the question of license or no license for the sale of spirituous liquors, and the law goes into eflect at once where prohibition was carried. Charlotte, June 7.—The elec tion here to-day on the question of prohibition or license resulted in favor of licensing saloons by a major ity of 526. Statesville voted for license and Concord votes for prohi bition. All the towns under the general State laws. DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Horrible Accident in Carolina—A Passenger Train Flanges Tbrongb a Trestle-Six Killed and Others Wounded. Charleston, S. C., June 7.— The northward bound passenger train on the N. E. R. R.. which left here at t2 o’clock to-day, plunged through the Santee river trestle, midway between St. Stephens street and the' Santee river bridge, smashing up the coaches and kill. A ing six passengers. The killed are JohnL. Cole,l!>r. G. G. Kinloch, William Inglesbv, Miss Mclver, H,±L M w^ h i‘ e > ° ! f J Manon i -M Miss Hannah Wilson, residence not known. Conductor B. G. Mazyck and Mail Agent F. W. Renneker were badly injured. . j The cause of the accident is not yet known, but it is supposed to hRve resulted from insecure fasten ing of a rail on changing the gauge. President and Mrs. Clevel have returned to Washingtoi